Litter-carrier.



M. A. LEY. LITTER CARRIER; APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1912.

Patented Feb. 11, 1913.

MICHAEL A. LEY, OF CADILLAC, MICHIGAN.

LITTER-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11,1913.

. Application filed June 27, 1912. Serial No. 706,272.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Micnann A. lacy, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cadillac, in the county of \Vextord, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Litter-Carriers: and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in litter carriers andparticularly to one adapted to travel upon an over head cable or track.

The invention has for its object to provide a carrier of this typewherein the trip operating wires may be adjusted so that the trips willhe positively actuated when desired.

With these and othcr'ohjects in view, this invention resides in thenovel features of onstruction. formations. combinations and arrangementsof parts to be hereinatter more fully described, claimed and illustratedin the accompanying drawing, in which I Figure l is a side elevation ofthe device. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the device, partly in section;Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the adjusting device. Fig.

is a sectional view on line 3--3 of Fig. l.

Referring to the accompanying drawin the numeral 1 designates a cable,which may he suspel'ided in any suitable manner. Adapted for travel uponthe cable 1 is a carriage 2, depending from which. is a hanger 3 to thelower end of which is secured the tubular bail 4. The ends of the bail lare nivotaliy connected to the ends of the carrier 5. Mounted upon eachend of the carrier 5 is a segmental rack h, which is adapt ed to beengaged bv weighted pins 7, which are. slidahly mounted in the lowerends ot' the tuhular hail 4 Secured to the upper end of ea h pin 7 isthe lower ends of a cord 3,

cord being operable in the bail and 3. ed through a slot. 5) formedtherein. ila h cord is secured at its upper end in the ev i carried bythe threaded bolt ll, said hoit being passed through a perforation 1'2torlncd in the right angle extension l3 of the plate 11. said platehaving its upp r ends lcrinili in a hook 13 which is adapted 1 re thetori; 1 formed integral with the tri er which is pivotally connected tothe. hanger il. fin adjusting nut 13 is 1 Edit:

mounted upon the bolt ll, and is adapted to bear against the upper faceof the extension 13, said nut being operable to vertically adjust thesaid bolt. so that the tension of the cord 8 may be regulated.

It. is a well known fact that in devices of this character the trip cordfor operating the weighted pin ofttimes becomes loose, thus preventingthe same from being withdrawn "from engagement with the racks carried bythe carriers, and it is to this end that the invention is directed, andby this construction itwill be readily seen that should this cord becomeslack it will only he necessary to manipulate the nut. whereupon thebolt may be adjusted to tighten the same.

After the carrier 5 has reached the place where it is desired to dumpthe contents thereof it is only necessary that the cords 19 be graspedand pulled, thereby rocking the trigger 17 which draws upon the cords 8,thus removing the weighted pins from engagementwith the racks 6, thuspermitting the carrier to tilt.

What. is claimed 1.-ln a device of the class described comprising acarrier adapted for travel upon an elevated cable, a hanger dependingfrom the carriage, a bail secured to the hanger. said hail being adaptedto support a carrier, a trigger pivotally connected to the hanger, tripcords passable through the bail, a. plate having hooks carried by itsupper end and engaging the trigger. a right a ngle extension formed uponthe lower end of the plate, a bolt passable therctlnongh and to thelower end of which is secured the ends of the cords. a nut. engagin saidbolt and operable to adjust the bolt to regulate the tension of thecords and means for rocking the triggerv to operate the trip cords, topermit tilting of the carrier.

2. in a device of the class described, the combination with a supportingcable. of a carriage adapted for travel thereon, a hanger depending fromthe carriage, a trigger pivotally mounted on the hange and having itslower end forked, a tubular bail secured to the lower end of the hangerand having its ends pivotally connected to a carrier, :(glilclltillracks carried bv the ends of the carrier and ada ted to he' engaged byweighted pins slidahly mounted in the lower ends of the. bail, tripcords passable through the bail and having their lower ends secured tothe upper ends of the weighted pins, plates having their upper endsformed with hooks and adapted to engage With the forked ends of thetrigger, the lower ends of said plates being provided with right angleextensions, perforations formed in the extensions, bolts passablethrough the perforations and having" eyes formed at their lower ends,said cords having their upper ends secured in the eyes, nuts mounted onthe bolts and operable to adjust said bolts to regulate the ten- 0 sionof said cords and means for rocking the trigger to shift the trip cords,whereby said Weighted pins are disengaged from the racks MICHAEL A. LEY.

Witnesses:

HARRY G. CHAPMAN, S. ANDERSON.

